Work glove



March 17, 1936. J ALEFANTIS- 2,034,169

WORK GLOVE Filed NOV. 26, 1954 314 vente@ Patented Mar. 17, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE l WORK GLOVE James Aleiantis, Tarpon Springs, Fla. Application November 28, 1934, Serial No. 754,922

2 Claims. (Cl. 15-22'1) My present invention, in its broad aspect, has to do with work gloves or the like having means thereon for retaining a supply of water or other cleansing fluid, such as soap and water or the like, wherewith the object to be washed or cleansed is more thoroughly, effectively. and quickly handled; said means also serving as a. polishing device so that washing, cleansing and polishing are carried out simultaneously. More particularly it is my purpose to utilize natural sponge (as distinguished from artificial or rubber sponge) as the water retaining and polishing agent, since natural sponge hasmany advantagesy not attributable to articial sponge or other substances. It is a major advantage oi' my invention that a relatively thick cleansing face, made up of natural sponge, is provided, as `distinguished from a relatively thin cleansing face. For instance it is old in the art to provide a very thin sponge sheeting on a glove for washing the human body, but such a glove is wholly impractical and useless in cleansing an automobile and the like for a number of reasons, among which are liability to scratch the nish; inability to hold suiiicient cleansing iiuid to remove road scum, grease and the like; and inability to stand arduous service and wear. My glove or the like however is formed with a relatively thick sponge body on its cleansing face to form what amounts to a thick water retaining pad. v`Another advantage of my invention is that I provide a prime sponge face, and a chipped sponge iller; the face may be formed sponge that is natural sponge, either wool, yellow, velvet or wire, while the illler is of scrap or chip sponge; thereby materially reducing the cost of my device or glove. For instance my glove can be manufactured and sold at very little more than an ordinary canvas glove. Still another important object of my invention is that the sponge is sewn or otherwise attached to a complete canvas or other material glove body, so that the sponge is adequately supported and reinforced and will last the natural life of the glove body, and furthermore the glove may be formed in any desired 'shape-as for instance with a thumb and two ngers, as a mitten with no fingers, as a hand pad, or as a pad on a detachable handle. In other words, variations in form, shape, size and material (except for the use of natural sponge) are desirable to adapt my invention for diierent conditions oi' use, and it is to be understood that such changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, or the purview of what is herein claimed-it being understood that interpret tion of the scope of my invention shall be conclusive only in the light of the claims.

In the drawing wherein is illustrated a preferred form of my invention, and certain minor modications- Figure 1 is a view of my glove the sponge face being shown Figure 2 is a face view of my glove formed as a pad Without nger parts;-

Figure 3 is a section taken through my glove lengthwise and shows the formation oi' the sponge face with a scrap orchip sponge ller;

Figure 4 is a section taken through a type of my invention where the sponge 'face is solid sponge and is tufted at various points;-

Figure 5 is a detail back view of a form of glove wherein all fingers are formed and the back of the glove body cut-out to save weight and cost.

In the drawing wherein like characters of reference are used to designate like or similar parts throughout the several views;-

The numeral I designates a fabric glove body, which may be in the form of a pad as in Figure 2, or with one (thumb) nger part 2 as in Figure 1, ormore linger parts as in Figure 5. The body of the glove may be formed of canvas or any other suitable material, and the front face of which 3 provides a. reinforcement and base for the natural sponge cleansing pad 4 such natural sponge being wool, yellow, velvet, wire or grass; the back of of high grade sponge such as a deep-water wool the glove may be cut-.out as at l5 to reduce weight and cost as shown in Figure 5, in which case straps 5a are provided.

The natural sponge face 4 or cleansing pad is relatively thick, and this is one of the major features of my invention since without a relatively thick pad my device is relatively inoperative for the purposes attributed to it. It may be of onepiece sponge substance as is shown in Figure 4; and in any form of my invention the sponge face may be stitched in places or tufted as at 6 in Figure 4. A very economical and satisfactory form of my invention is shown in Figure 3 wherein the face part of the sponge is of prime sponge such as deep-water, wool sponge, While the filler or backing layer is of scrap or chip sponge; the facing layer is indicated at l and the ller or backing'layer at 8; the facing layer is retained on the glove body by suitable stitching 9; and the same stitching may be used that is used to sew the seams of the glove body, thereby facilitating assembly. Preferably the sponge body is sewncompletely about its outer edges, as at i0 in Figures 1 and 2, by a continuous line of stitching, and in practice the lglove may have a cuff 'or gauntlet part to prevent soiling the sleeves of a shirt or coat of the operator. In practice the glove is used with a hose o'r buckety and the sponge kept wet so that the surface of an automobile is thoroughly cleansed and at the same time polished without danger ofL scratching.

It is believed that the construction and operation of my invention are apparent from the foregoing, but interpretation of its scope should be -madle only in. the light of the subjoined claims.

1. A cleaning device comprising a fabric member to receive the hand of an operator, a sheet of prime natural sponge material stitched around its edges to the fabric member, and a scrap or chip sponge illler between the prime sponge and the fabric member to supplement the prime.

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around its edges to the fabric member and fo ing a tough work face, and a chip or scrap sponge filler between the prime sponge and the fabric member to supplement the prime sponge layer and thicken the work face of the cleaning device, said chip sponge illler increasing in thickness from the edges to the center to form a. curved pad, and the sponge face layer and fabric base therefore constituting a container for the chipsponge JAMES 

